A little boy is on a search for the perfect gift for his mother, navigating the streets of 1890s Vienna, meeting new people, and continuing to trade one gift for another.

When I was a boy, my father often pulled me aside to convey lessons intended to build what we generally refer to as 'character'. Often his advice was very simple - work hard, think for yourself, do right by others - but I believe those lessons provided the foundation for everything that has followed in my life. Now that I'm a dad myself, I wanted to put them down in one place, ...(展开全部)

The English debut of a bestselling novelist, kin to Penelope Fitzgerald and Louis Begley in style and subtlety. At eighty, Max Opass is still reeling from the death of his wife a year earlier. His two grown-up children live abroad with their own families, his son in Bolivia, his daughter in Japan: he writes awkwardly to his daughter with the news of his humdrum activities and ...(展开全部)

At 80, Max Opass is still reeling from the death of his wife a year earlier. He decides to have his wife's portrait painted from his favourite photographs of her and picks five arbritary phone numbers under "artists". The story follows Max's comical and moving encounters with the artists.

He’s the swashbuckling world traveler and legendary investor who made his fortune before he was forty. Now the bestselling author of A Bull in China, Hot Commodities , and Adventure Capitalist shares a heartfelt, indispensable guide for his daughters (and all young investors) to find success and happiness. In A Gift to My Children , Jim Rogers offers advice with his tradema...(展开全部)

《妈妈的红沙发》故事是，家里发生了火灾，东西被烧光了，但是外婆说：“幸好我们还年轻，可以从头开始。”多么乐观的人生态度！于是外婆、妈妈和孩子三代人开始了努力攒钱重建家园的过程。邻居们送来了桌子、椅子和床，还有比萨、冰淇淋和好多好东西，这让她们很感激。可是，最令她们兴奋和骄傲的是，经过一段时间的省吃俭用，她们终于攒够了钱买了一个漂亮的、舒服的红沙发！这是一本让人心里充满了感动的赞美勇气的、节俭的和团结的书。 小女孩和妈妈买鞋回家后，发现家门前停了消防车，浓烟及大火吞蚀了家中的一切，还好外婆和猫咪都没有事。 当她们搬新家的时候，街坊邻居及亲戚们全都来帮忙，有的送披萨、冰淇淋，有的送窗帘，有的送地毯，有的送餐具，还有的送玩具，然而令人感动的是她们得到了许多的掌声，倍感温馨。 之后，妈妈辛苦工作赚的小费、小女孩削洋葱洗瓶子打工的钱、外婆努力讨价还价节省开...(展开全部)

The jar of coins is full. The day has come to buy the chair--the big, fat, comfortable, wonderful chair they have been saving for. The chair that will replace the one that was burned up--along with everything else--in the terrible fire. A book of love and tenderness filled with the affirmation of life. The jar of coins is full. The day has come to buy the chair - the big, f...(展开全部)

《妈妈的红沙发》故事是，家里发生了火灾，东西被烧光了，但是外婆说：“幸好我们还年轻，可以从头开始。”多么乐观的人生态度！于是外婆、妈妈和孩子三代人开始了努力攒钱重建家园的过程。邻居们送来了桌子、椅子和床，还有比萨、冰淇淋和好多好东西，这让她们很感激。可是，最令她们兴奋和骄傲的是，经过一段时间的省吃俭用，她们终于攒够了钱买了一个漂亮的、舒服的红沙发！这是一本让人心里充满了感动的赞美勇气的、节俭的和团结的书。 小女孩和妈妈买鞋回家后，发现家门前停了消防车，浓烟及大火吞蚀了家中的一切，还好外婆和猫咪都没有事。 当她们搬新家的时候，街坊邻居及亲戚们全都来帮忙，有的送披萨、冰淇淋，有的送窗帘，有的送地毯，有的送餐具，还有的送玩具，然而令人感动的是她们得到了许多的掌声，倍感温馨。 之后，妈妈辛苦工作赚的小费、小女孩削洋葱洗瓶子打工的钱、外婆努力讨价还价节省开...(展开全部)

The jar of coins is full. The day has come to buy the chair--the big, fat, comfortable, wonderful chair they have been saving for. The chair that will replace the one that was burned up--along with everything else--in the terrible fire. A book of love and tenderness filled with the affirmation of life. The jar of coins is full. The day has come to buy the chair - the big, f...(展开全部)

索尔·贝娄（Saul Bellow，1915-2005）美国作家。生于加拿大魁北克省的拉辛，在蒙特利尔度过童年。1924年，举家迁至美国芝加哥。父亲是从俄国移居来的犹大商人，贝娄是家中四个孩子中最年幼的一个。1933年，贝娄考入芝加哥大学。两年后，转入伊利诺斯州埃文斯顿的西北大学，获得社会学和人类学学士学位。同年，赴麦迪威的威斯康星大学攻读硕士学位。自1938年以来，除当过编辑和记者，并于二次大战期间在海上短期服过役外，他长期在芝加哥等几所大学执教。现任芝加哥大学教授和社会思想委员会主席。 从1941年到1987年的4O余年间，贝娄共出版了9部长篇小说。早期创作有结构优美的《挂起来的人》（1944）、《受害者）（1947），颇为评论界注目。《奥吉·马奇历险记》（1953）的出版，使他一举成名，奠定了他的文学地位。由于他把“丰富多彩的流浪汉小说与当代文...(展开全部)